Text 2887, 33 rader
Skriven 2013-07-27 15:14:01 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 2818 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
Ärende: Re: Toll roads
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-=> Quoting Stephen Haffly to Nancy Backus on 25 Jul 13  19:03:25 <=-

 NB>> otherwise I look for alternate routes to toll roads wherever
 NB>> possible also.  Don't think I'd get my money's worth from the
 NB>> EZ-Pass...

 SH> We have a NYS EZ-Pass, gotten at one of the Thruway stops (I don't
 SH> recall which). While money is deposited, and it auto-refills when it
 SH> reaches $10.00 remaining, there is no monthly (or annual) service fee
 SH> for having it. We like having it because we don't know in which state
 SH> in the EZ-Pass system we will be using it. So far, NY, NJ, PA, WV, DE
 SH> and KY (all I can recall for now). As long as NY allows me to have the
 SH> EZ-Pass transponder without a service fee, even with NC tags, I'll
 SH> keep it and use it.

After you load it, does it keep the balance indefinitely...?  Or does it
expire after a certain time limit...?  I'm likely to only use it once or
twice in a year, all told... 

 SH> NC started with a different system, but NC's Quick Pass is now
 SH> interoperable with the EZ-Pass system. I have not been on the section
 SH> of I540 that requires tolls. I have no reason to go into that area
 SH> (Research Triangle and headed into the south of Raleigh.

No need to search out toll roads, for sure.. ;)  I know that the pass is
a useful thing for people who regularly use the toll roads, especially
as commuters or for their businesses...

ttyl          neb

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